September 2009
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Called Mini dealer to set up a test drive. Guy on phone: “Mini Clubman? Never heard of that. Let me check and call you back.”
Art fair vendors say “no photos”. They should instead put their URL just below the paintings and say “photos please”.
Wonder how much gas is wasted every year by people accelerating to go around Priuses…
Having a really nice nap at the theater
http://bestc.am/VeP Testing out a new camera app
Somebody out there is putting his kids through school because he owns a company that makes plastic grocery bags. Think about it.
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Playing with VoiceOver on the iPhone v3.1. Pretty cool implementation, and makes you realize how important it is to properly name widgets.
“29. Alarm Clock / AM/FM Radio: $10 Goes BLART BLART BLART. Alternatively, RADIO...”
– best of craigslist: The First Annual, Only Moving Sale Ever #1! It’s awesome, seriously.
Very few third-party sites can handle importing my 1500-ish contacts from Yahoo! or Gmail. You’d think they’d scale, wouldn’t you?
Nice write up today in InfoWorld on our iPhone research: “5 things that drive iPhone users crazy” http://bit.ly/k1iZc
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Choppers hover. What do they seek?
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Now that the ad money has moved away from TV, the ads on TV are positively laughable.
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Nice job Mike! … RT @rohdesign: #Sketchnotes of SXSW Interactive ‘09 iPhone Tapstack app from @SixVoices for FREE: http://bit.ly/3FziOh
Remember when Java was going to be, like, the smack?
Just ran 5.05 miles. A lifetime record, perhaps.
Collection: vacant central state mental hospital. →
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Just connected an old Wacom tablet to my EeePC 901, downloaded the driver, and I’m up and running! Not entirely sure *why*, but I like it.
Fun article on anonymous restaurant reviews in the age of social media http://bit.ly/z4Mo5
Wow, that Kashi “Peanut Peanut Butter” bar sure took me back to my childhood. Like those bygone days when I was cleaning the gerbil cage.
People on the internet can’t spell or punctuate. Grrr.
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Toddler bounds into Starbucks, beaming dad behind … toddler leaves Starbucks, strapped squirming screaming in stroller, stern dad in tow
Former employer’s contributions to the App Store: ‘spin the bottle’ app and cap gun app. Man, I should have never left those hallowed halls.
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Mini dealership was *too busy* for me to do a test drive. Recession? What recession?
Haven’t been to a street fair for a while. Now I remember why. :-)
About to test drive a Mini Clubman
Calendar move to Google? Worked. Now on to writing some iPhone code.
Moving calendars from MobileMe to Google Calendar … so far, so good
Remember when everyone was hoping that the iPhone would have a camera in the front for video iChat? *snif*
